judge german Castelli, One of the judges following the trial Bribery books case He had offered to be a substitute in other trials, but his superiors rejected the request because they told him that You must participate in this extensive and complex process.
Strictly speaking, they only criticized him in writing for his “lack of presentation” in announcing his show and reminded him of it They are the ones who arrange the solutions, But in the discussion between the judges the complexity of Castelli’s trial was discussed.
Castelli’s request for subrogation before the other Oral Tribunals was surprising, while his colleagues specifically said in Federal Oral Tribunal No. 7: They could not meet more than twice a week. Due to the amount of pending work that led to their “collapse”.
Castelli asked to be a substitute in Federal Oral Court No. 6 Because his solutions in another court were now over and because his colleague Enrquio Méndez Signori was ending this one as well. And so if he joins that court The docket for Cuadernos’ case has not been changed.
However, his request for subrogation has been analyzed in other trials before Federal Oral Court No. 6 before Supervisory Chamber of the Federal Cassation Chamber It was rejected unanimously.
That’s what the chambermaids voted for Daniel Petrone Speaker of the House of Representatives, Gustavo Hornos, Mariano Borinsky, Carlos Mahikis and Angela Ledesma.
The judges said so It cannot be substituted in another court As this “complex and wide-ranging operation” of bribery ledgers evolves.
We have yet to resolve what the ultimate dynamics of this trial will be Christina Kirchner She is the main accused as the head of an illegal association, and there are 86 other accused, including former officials and businessmen, and more than 600 witnesses.
Currently, the court consists of judges Fernando Caneiro and Enrique Méndez Signori and Castelli It meets via Zoom twice a week from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Thursday and from 2 p.m. Until 6 pm. On Tuesdays.
The Cassation Chamber wants the court Add more hearing days And they’re not via Zoom, they’re in person, which is why I showed them in the Comodoro Py 2002 hall, where there’s space for 200 people and It can be used all day long, even during a court show.
But the judges say they are residing for now court, In front of Plaza Laval, where their offices and the case are. For this reason, they asked to be allowed, during investigations with the accused, to use the room of the Federal Chamber in which this historic case was held. trial councils, On the ground floor of the courts.
There is still nothing concrete, and in the meantime, the process is progressing relentlessly Read the Public Prosecutor’s accusation in the six cases Which constitutes this huge process.
The extent of the dispute was revealed two weeks ago when… Presidents of the Cassation Chambers They called the court’s judges to a meeting in Comodoro Bay to address the matter.
Judge Castelli decided not to go with that argument The presence of his peers was sufficient And he was working on the basis of other reasons.
The goal of the meeting was to explain the concerns of the Court of Cassation regarding the conduct of the trial and to ask the court members to take action. More audiences will be activated weekly, Even after increasing the number of hearings to two per week.
As a gesture, the cassation judges exempted court judges from a new withdrawal for six months and repeated this for magistrate judges SThat as of December 10 they will have The new AMIA room in Comodoro Bay, which will allow them to redesign the schedule and have face-to-face discussions there, at pace Three hearings per week.